Using tree-ring data from ancient oaks, the team reconstructed rainfall levels in southern Britain during the years preceding ...

The anniversary of the outbreak of the Revolutionary War precedes a slew of planned celebrations when the United States marks ...

After the fights at Lexington and Concord's North Bridge, the British column had to return to Boston. On its way, the ...

Archaeologists in St Augustine, Florida, have unearthed remnants of the city's brief British colonial period during a recent ...

Thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the ...

A letter was published a while back claiming that Israel is a “squatter” nation with no rights to that land. The writer, whom I will not embarrass by naming, also ...

In this course, we study British history within the framework of one out of three centuries: the 18th, 19th or 20th century. A main aim of the course is to train the students in the historical ...

(Paul Revere and others rode out from Boston to warn nearby towns about British troop movements the night before.) Early that morning occurred one of the first deadly clashes that would cascade down ...

But for the historian Simon Schama, the question of a Nazi victory over the UK raises challenging questions about British exceptionalism, and the country’s national character and identity. Would ...

Keir Starmer has insisted the UK will 'shape history' as he vowed to back British industries left crippled by Donald Trump's tariffs that have plunged global markets into meltdown. Speaking at a ...

The RMS Titanic began to sink into the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1914, at 2:20 am, becoming the largest commercial maritime disaster in history ... learn about the timeline of the RMS ...

A missile launcher sends a cloud of brown dust into the air as it hurtles across a field towards the firing line. Moments later comes a soldier's countdown, from five to 'Fire!', before a rocket ...